| Machara | |
| Native Name: | Abkhazian: Мачара, Georgian: მაჭარა |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Gulripshi#Abkhazia#Georgia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Partially recognized independent country |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gulripshi |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 2640[1] |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +4 |
| Coordinates: | 42.9442°N 41.0892°W |
Machara (Abkhazian: Мачара; Georgian: მაჭარა) is a village in the Gulripshi District of Abkhazia. On 30 May 2012, 37 repatriated members of the Abkhaz diaspora and their families received restored apartments in Machara.[2]
At the time of the 2011 census, Machara had a population of 2,640. Of these, 66.8% were Armenian, 23.7% Abkhaz, 6.5% Russian, 1.0% Georgian, 0.8% Greek and 0.3% Ukrainian.